Coach structure



Patented Nev. 1s, 1941 azeas i y ooAcHis'rRUc'rUnEt I y I Everett W.` Allen, Birmingham, Mich., assignery to Yellow Truckqti` Coach `Manufacturing Company,Pon`tiac, Mich.`,a corporation of Maine rApplicationJuly` 9,` 1940, Serial Nof 344,563`

't claires, `(o1. 296-44) Thiszinvention frelates Yto an improvement in 4public conveyancestand more i: particularly to a *body .sidei wall structurezhavingf spaced roof supe .w1

betweenfto whichfwindows` are" iitted. @,In the I casewo' motor Hbuses `r`-`for vcityigservice` 'having a central aislev' andrpassenger seats placed: against I "eachside wall,A space accommodation dictates the l use `of awmainfwindowfwhich"opens fori'ventlation by 1' sliding `upwardlybetween `the belt yrail I androof." vThe distance` between `the roof and f belt rail determines :whatuthey vertical`Y dimensionv 'of thesliding-wiridow. `may-be and since the slid- I yingwindow:in .closedIposition occupies a zoney at thexheadlevel `of` seated passengers it becomesdesirablefto providea secondary or standee VWindow1injtheupltier portionof' thewside wall I portingwposts with observation openings'thereand .at=approximately;fheadiflevel yof passengers i .i It fis anfobject ofi theipresent` invention'fto the'character,reierredtoffand which-isnt simple and inexpensivey construction and whose? opere .atingimechanism i'scbnveniently locatedfor easy.y f

` manipulationand readyEaccessibilityfforinspec-25 tion and,Which-gfurthermorepresentsv a neat H `.Another object nisfto provideaan "arrangement fr of vertically spaced coachwindow's `in whichthe;` Window p operating mechanismris` iirmly` mounted i on ,-the `rigid "boclynIJOStS` in' offset Arelation to thev f window fso that inv addition -to xsecure attach--y gers `for Windowf adjustments.

A further obj-ect is to provide a compact opment, fbetter concealment! andfcompactness arei aiordedr withthe operating handle vout of the v p Way ofgadjacent seated.passengersv but Within dow in openposition;'fandvFigure` 3 `is, aidetail sectional view takenion line3-3 of Figure 1".;

Referring to the drawing ,*the belt: rail-isdn` dicated at I with a pair of spaced sidewall body postsi2s12lextending upwardly to theAv ceiling3.f `A window sash assembly 4 of. aevertical height lof substantiallyone-half` the distance betweenv e the belt -lrail I` and `lowerwiedge of theceiling is? `provided to closethe opening immediately above *the belt `rail and is slidablymountedfat its op# posite side edges in the body posts.2-2.` `Out i `side sheathing 5 extends across the lpostsifandv between: the upper: edge of thawindowfopening AMandzzceiling 3:'and'1is Aprovided at properheight above-Ithe` windownopening .with a :diamond-x i shaped-opening `in whichxis `fitted landuxedly .i mounted the ztransomlglass. "Spaced inward I ly iromxthef outsidefpanelf and 'cooperating therewith to form `aiwindovinreceiving"well, is an interior, trim panelil also providedwith'va dia-` I mond-shaped opening for registration With vthe areaoccupied byfthejtransom window 6; Pref`` erablyethe interior trim" panel lis removably or theyinterior fof `the Wellf. I I .f A

Outside-the range of vision through thesaligned l e transom openings andconcealed behind the trim y `'panel 'I is the operating mechanism for the. slide ing windows assembly 4. For an out o'f the ,way

locationiyandfa secure mounting fthe loperating `meclfianisrmasan assembly is fastened "on the mounting plate- 8 Vand disposed I to Fone Avside of the window Well in line withfan adjacentbody .post

" `2 to whicrritis securely bolted-.U The operating erating assembly and mounting to t the re-v stricted'space available "behind an interior trim panel or cover which cooperates with the body side wall to afford a window receiving well and 2 is provided `w'ith'an aperture in registry with the auxiliary or transom Window for substantial- [ly unobstructed vision therethrough in all positions of the slidinggwindow including its fully opened elevated position in tandem relation with the transom.

' mechanism includes a gear'train with theshaftr-w'r of the drivingA gear 9 extending inwardly through `the plate 8 and carrying an operatinglhandle I0 inv overhead relation `to the seated passengers. The shaft of the large driven gear `II carries a V crank arm I2 connected by a link I3 to an inw termediate portion ora lift lever I4. One end of the lift lever I4 is fulcrumed as at I5 on the Additional objectsand yadvantages will become' apparent during thecourse of the `following `speciiication `having reference to the accompanying ldrawing wherein Figure lis anelevation of `a portion of a coach side Wall as viewed from 'the interior and'with parts `broken away; Figure 2 is atfragmentary viewwith the elevated winmounting plate 8 and its oppositeiend extends Alaterally into thewindow well and carries a roller or `slider I6 movable in a channeled guide rail I'I at the upper edge of the slidable window assembly 4. The velevating .window 4 through the sliding connection between the channel I'I and lift lever I4 is raised'or lowered upon rotation of the hand crank I0.

-In elevating the window the guide channel n and lift lever I4 enter and traverse the transom window area bringing the 'sliding window into obstruction. In all positions of the parts there is no unsightly mechanism in View and ,vision through the transom is open with little or no interference.'

I claim:

l. In combination, a body side wall having a pair of spaced window openings with an intervening closed wall portion therebetween, a transom assembly lxedly mounted over one of the openings, a slidable sashassembly for closing the other opening and slidable into overlapping relation with the xed transom assembly, and laterallylmounted regulator mechanism having a lifty lever projecting into the vclosed Wall space be-- tween the window openings and out of'alignment with the vision area of both lwindows when the slidingwindow is in its normally closed position for sliding engagement withthe'leadingedge of the sliding window. l

2. In an arrangement' of the character described, a pair of vertically .spaced window openings, a transom assembly xed in theA upper opening, a trim panel having an opening aligned with the transom assembly andaffordinga window well, a vertically slidable window assembly for closing the loweropening and movable upwardly from closed position and into said well in overlapping relation with the fixed transom, overhead operating `mechanism offset laterally and outside the range of vision through both openings, and a lift lever operatively Vconnecting said mechanism with the top of the slidable window and projecting inwardly into the well behindv` the panel and being arranged to swing from a normally concealed and closed window positiorrl across the line of vision through the transom when the window is slid toward and from closed position. v

3. In combination, a vehicle body side wall having a window opening, an elevating window in the opening, an interior trim panel cooperating with the side wall to aord a window receiving well above the Window opening, overhead operating mechanism oiset to one side of the window opening and having a laterally extending lift lever engaging the top of the window within the Well, said trim .panel and body wall having registering transom openings therein spaced above the window opening and so arranged that the window lift lever at its lower limit is wholly concealed by and between the trim panel and the wall and is partially exposed at the registering transom openings for a portion of its travel between opposite limits, and a window fixedly mounted in one of the transom openings.

4. In combination, an elevating window for an opening in a side wall, an interior trim panel cooperating with the wall to afford a window well above said opening and having a transom window opening in registry With a transom window in the side Wall spaced above said side wall opening, and a window lift lever located in the well and'positioned below and out of the range of vision through said transom window when the sliding window is closed.

5. In combination, a body side wall having a pair of window posts and a window opening between the posts, an interior trim panel located above the window opening .in spaced parallel relation with a portion of the body side wall with.

which it cooperates'to provide awindow well and formed with a transom opening in registry with a side wall transom window, a window liftlever arranged at its lower limit to'be concealed within the well below said transom opening, a fulcrum mounting for the lever on one of said postsin a horizontal plane substantially intersecting the transom opening and lever operating mechanism also mounted on the post and operableto cause the lever to enter and traverse the transom opening area. A

6. In a passenger coach, a body side wall having a pair of vertically spaced window openings arranged at eye levels, respectively, of seated Ipassengers and standees, a' sliding window normally closing the lower opening and slidable upwardly across and in overlapping relation to the standee window opening, a laterally projecting lift lever engaging the lift rail at the top of the window and normally positioned beside the side wall in thespace between the window openings and out of the range of vision through both openings, and means pivotally mounting the lever at a point horizontally between the top and bottom window 

